Via ProPublica, a report on how foreign private equity took over New England’s fishing industry: Before dawn, Jerry Leeman churned through inky black waters, clutching the wheel of the fishing vessel Harmony. The 85-foot trawler, deep green and speckled with rust, was returning from a grueling fishing trip deep into the Atlantic swells. Leeman and […]
Read more »Via the Wall Street Journal, an article on rising US government concerns over foreign ownership of US farmland: The top Republicans on the House Agriculture and Oversight committees have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate foreign investment in U.S. farmland, questioning whether Chinese acquisitions in particular could pose a national-security threat. In a letter […]
Read more »Via NY Post, an article on Ron DeSantis reaction to China buyingUS farmland: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to crack down on “undue influence from rogue states” like China in response to Chinese businesses reportedly buying up large tracts of farmland. DeSantis was asked about a recent report by the National Association of Realtors which found that […]
Read more »Via the World Rainforest Movement, an article on how oil palm plantations are grabbing land and squeezing communities dry: There are no other commodity crops that have grown faster globally in the last decade than palm oil. Vegetable oil production increased 118 per cent in the last ten years alone, the majority of it is driven by […]
Read more »Via The Arab Weekly, a report on a new Morocco-led project that aims to turn 52 square kilometres of unused land near the city of Dakhla into farms: Morocco is seeking investors for a $213 million agriculture project in Western Sahara irrigated by a wind-powered desalination plant. The project aims to turn 52 square kilometres of […]
Read more »Via Seed Daily, a report that the world’s breadbaskets which grow 70% of the world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045: Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. Climate change is already stoking […]
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